The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies,9780199254255

The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies

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ISBN13: 9780199254255
ISBN10: 0199254257
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-05-18
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Biblical studies is a highly technical and diverse field. This authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of original research will therefore be invaluable to scholars and students who need to command linguistic, historical, literary, and philosophical skills. Forty-five original contributions by leading figures in the discipline review and analyze current thinking and work and give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates.

Author Biography


J. W. Rogerson is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield. Judith M.Lieu is Professor of New Testament Studies, King's College London.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
x
List of Abbreviations
xii
Preface xvii
Part I On the Discipline
Section 1. History of the Discipline in the Last Seventy Years
Old Testament
5(22)
J. W. Rogerson
New Testament
27(26)
Robert Morgan
Section 2. The Impact of Other Disciplines Upon Biblical SCHOLARSHIP
Archaeology
53(21)
John R. Bartlett
Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Mesopotamia
74(15)
W. G. Lambert
Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Egypt
89(10)
Kenneth Kitchen
Qumran Studies
99(9)
Philip Davies
Study of the Graeco-Roman World
108(12)
Peter Richardson
Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism
120(15)
Catherine Hezser
Part II Languages, Translation, and Textual Transmission of the Bible
Language and Translation of the Old Testament
135(24)
John Elwolde
Language, Translation, Versions, and Text of the Apocrypha
159(25)
Michael A. Knibb
Language and Translation of the New Testament
184(27)
Stanley E. Porter
Ancient Versions and Textual Transmission of the Old Testament
211(26)
Gerard J. Norton
Textual Transmission and Versions of the New Testament
237(18)
J. N. Birdsall
Part III Historical and Social Study of the Bible
Section 1. Background and Context
Introduction: General Problems of Studying the Text of the Bible in order to Reconstruct History and Social Background
255(13)
Keith W. Whitelam
Israel to the End of the Persian Period: History, Social, Political, and Economic Background
268(17)
J. W. Rogerson
Israel from the Rise of Hellenism to 70 CE
285(16)
Lester L. Grabbe
The Life and Teaching of Jesus and the Rise of Christianity
301(18)
Craig A. Evans
Section 2. Institutions of the Old and New Testaments
Priesthood, Temple(s), and Sacrifice
319(32)
Robert Hayward
Law in the Old Testament
351(11)
Gordon Wenham
Scribes and Synagogues
362(10)
Lester L. Grabbe
Movements
372(13)
Judith M. Lieu
Section 3. Genres of the Old and New Testaments
Prophecy
385(12)
Deborah W. Rooke
Apocalyptic
397(12)
Philip Davies
Wisdom
409(11)
Katharine J. Dell
Novella
420(12)
Erich S. Gruen
Gospels
432(13)
Richard A. Burridge
Letters
445(14)
Judith M. Lieu
Part IV The Composition of the Bible
The Growth of the Old Testament
459(30)
Reinhard G. Kratz
The Growth of the Apocrypha
489(29)
Alison Salvesen
The Growth of the New Testament
518(26)
John M. Court
Authors, Books, and Readers in the Ancient World
544(23)
Alan Millard
Part V Methods in Biblical Scholarship
Archaeology
567(12)
John R. Bartlett
Textual Criticism
579(12)
Arie Van der Kooij
Form, Source, and Redaction Criticism
591(24)
Johannes P. Floss
Rhetorical and New Literary Criticism
615(19)
Margaret M. Mitchell
Feminist Criticism and Related Aspects
634(21)
Marie-Theres Wacker
Social, Political, and Ideological Criticism
655(20)
Christopher Rowland
Part VI The Interpretation of the Bible
Old Testament Theology
675(23)
Walter Brueggemann
New Testament Theology
698(18)
James D. G. Dunn
Biblical Theology
716(16)
Bernd Janowski
The Bible in Ethics
732(22)
Eryl W. Davies
Jewish Interpretation of the Bible
754(23)
Jonathan Magonet
Part VII The Authority of the Bible
Canon
777(33)
Lee Martin McDonald
Fundamentalism(s)
810(31)
Harriet A. Harris
Historical Criticism and the Authority of the Bible
841(19)
J. W. Rogerson
Index of Subjects and Names 860(23)
Index of References 883

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